"I used to write a log every day when I was starving to death in New York in the early '50s -- every little arrangement, because we were surviving on that, " he says.

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One publication I write for meets by phone every day at 11 am and it is very productive.

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"Every day as I write, I discover something new and it expands my mind more and more, " Patterson said.

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Last year I wrote a post on my personal blog, and I promised I would write a story about him every year, on this day, to keep his memory alive.

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